Debits and credits

In double entry bookkeeping, debits and credits (abbreviated Dr and Cr, respectively) are entries made in accountledgers to record changes in value resulting from business transactions. Generally speaking, the source account for the transaction is credited (that is, an entry is made on the right side of the account's ledger) and the destination account is debited (that is, an entry is made on the left side). Total debits must equal total credits for each transaction; individual transactions may require multiple debit and credit entries to record.

The difference between the total debits and total credits in a single account is the account's balance. If debits exceed credits, the account has a debit balance; if credits exceed debits, the account has a credit balance. For the company as a whole, the totals of debit balances and credit balances must be equal as shown in the trial balance report, otherwise an error has occurred.

Credit (finance)

Credit (from Latincredit, "(he/she/it) believes") is the trust which allows one party to provide money or resources to another party where that second party does not reimburse the first party immediately (thereby generating a debt), but instead arranges either to repay or return those resources (or other materials of equal value) at a later date. The resources provided may be financial (e.g. granting a loan), or they may consist of goods or services (e.g. consumer credit). Credit encompasses any form of deferred payment. Credit is extended by a creditor, also known as a lender, to a debtor, also known as a borrower.

Credit does not necessarily require money. The credit concept can be applied in barter economies as well, based on the direct exchange of goods and services. However, in modern societies, credit is usually denominated by a unit of account. Unlike money, credit itself cannot act as a unit of account.

Movements of financial capital are normally dependent on either credit or equity transfers. Credit is in turn dependent on the reputation or creditworthiness of the entity which takes responsibility for the funds. Credit is also traded in financial markets. The purest form is the credit default swap market, which is essentially a traded market in credit insurance. A credit default swap represents the price at which two parties exchange this risk–the protection seller takes the risk of default of the credit in return for a payment, commonly denoted in basis points (one basis point is 1/100 of a percent) of the notional amount to be referenced, while the protection buyer pays this premium and in the case of default of the underlying (a loan, bond or other receivable), delivers this receivable to the protection seller and receives from the seller the par amount (that is, is made whole).

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By Claire Milhench ... But with Turkey's lira rebounding 4.5 percent, emerging currencies stabilised, with South Africa's rand 2.3 percent firmer after hitting a two-year low on Monday ... The lira was still down around 40 percent year-to-date, he said ... Turkish sovereign bonds rose across the curve, with some issues gaining around 2.6 cents, while five-year credit default swaps fell 40 basis points from Monday's close to 540 bps ... on year ... ....

By Amy Caren Daniel. (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures treaded water on Monday, as a meltdown in the Turkish lira that dragged on shares of big U.S. lenders was offset by an uptick in technology stocks ...Turkishcredit default swaps — a hedge against financial turbulence — surged to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis as the lira took its latest dive ... Shares of the top U.S ... ....

By Amy Caren Daniel. Aug 13 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures treaded water on Monday, as a meltdown in the Turkish lira that dragged on shares of big U.S. lenders was offset by an uptick in technology stocks ...Turkishcredit default swaps - a hedge against financial turbulence - surged to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis as the lira took its latest dive ... Shares of the top U.S ... Advertisement. ....

By Abhinav Ramnarayan. LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - World markets shuddered on Monday, as Turkey's worsening currency crisis persuaded investors to dump equities and emerging markets and flee to safer assets such as government bonds and the dollar ...Turkishcredit default swaps - a hedge against financial turbulence - surged to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis as the lira took its latest dive. EUROHIT ... Overnight, U.S ... ....

The lira fell as much as 10% in Asian morning trade to as low as 7.131 against the U.S. dollar, according to FactSet, before briefly paring some losses and trading 3.5% lower at 6.65 against the dollar ... The cost of insuring debt issued by Asian companies and countries against default through credit- default swaps rose, with five-year CDS on Indonesia and the Philippines rising 13.8% and 10% respectively, according to Markit ... Ms ... U.S....

Afterwards, Ryan Midgett, our CFO, will speak about our financial results in more detail, current hedging activities and our credit facility redetermination and amendment recap and finally updated guidance for 3Q 2018 and full year 2018 ... And finally, for clarity, we plan to use 100% of the proceeds from these asset sales toward paying down our credit facility....

Specifically, banks are exploiting a loophole that allows some of the nation's largest banks to label credit default swaps (CDSs), a main culprit in the 2008 meltdown, as "foreign" — even if the transaction is done in the U.S ... Your neighbor is conducting what the finance industry calls a naked credit default swap (naked-CDS)....

0 Comments Erdogan must step back from brink to avert a credit event ... https.//www.independent.ie/business/world/erdogan-must-step-back-from-brink-to-avert-a-credit-event-37205116.html ... By yesterday afternoon, the five-year credit-default swap, the cost of insurance against default on Turkey's government debt, had climbed to 500bps, up 40pc in the last two weeks and at levels not seen since the 2009 financial crisis....

The president, who says a shadowy "interest rate lobby" and Westerncredit ratings ... Meanwhile the cost of insuring exposure to Turkey's sovereign debt through five year credit defaults swaps has spiralled to the highest level since March 2009, topping levels seen for serial defaulter Greece, which has three bailouts in the last decade....